As South Africa moves towards the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI), specific provisions within the NHI Act regarding complaint management have become a significant point of contention. Recent court challenges have highlighted the issue. Sections...
South Africa is grappling with a quiet, yet deadly crisis: the alarming proliferation of counterfeit and substandard medicines, known as the counterfeit medicine crisis. While the nation faces ongoing health-care challenges like rising drug prices, medicine shortages,...
In a significant step for global health equity, researchers at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) at the University of the Witwatersrand have uncovered two novel genetic variants. These variants increase susceptibility to breast cancer in...
In a move that has sent shockwaves through the scientific and medical communities, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced the immediate dismissal of all 17 members of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee...
South Africa faces a critical challenge: a child stunting rate that has stubbornly remained around 25% since the 1990s. This chronic malnutrition, where children are too short for their age, doesn’t just impact physical development. It significantly hinders...
